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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1945)
F T 10 SENIOR HIGH ' An Indoor circus of mystery will be presented in the Senior high v school auditorium at 8 p. m. Tuesday when the Great Virgil, internationally known magician and illusionist, makes one of his few appearances in Oregon. The Great Virgil's appearance is being sponsored by the high school for the benefit of the new ly created visual education de partment and proceeds will be used in connection with new arc projection equipment, according to Mrs. Jo Anne Smith, depart' merit adviser, who is in charge of the program. The magician, who is assisted by Julie, known as the "Sweet heart of Magic," recently com' pleted a 28-week run at the Fox theater in San Francisco and will present the same complete show here. Several sets of scenery, dozens of gorgeous costumes, special music and lighting effects, birds and animals and hundreds of pounds of magical equipment will be used in the presentation of this mystery spectacle. Scenes will Include "Death on a Guillotine," "The Garden of Allah,;; "Dissolving of Two Peo ple," 'The Oracle of Tibet," "H u man Television," 'The Gambler's Nightmare," "China town After Dark," and many other equally fascinating acts. Tickets will be on sale at the box office located in the Cham' ber of Commerce from 10 a. m Saturday through Tuesday. All seats will be reserved. . BUTTER SUPPLY 10 Philippine Pooc h Gets G. I. Batfi PMilPfe ill iQirl 'Jj 7, lAcmm TeUnhoto) TS Edward Kallss of Adams, Mass, uses his versatile hilmct as a pup-sized bathtub to give bis pet dog a scrubbing somewhere in the pbilioDlnes. Two native bors watch tha unusual Droceedimu with great interest. RETURNING VETS T WEATHER Northern California: Cloudy in extreme north portion with light rain on extreme north Washington, Jan. 11 U.R) Butter, a vanishing Item on the American diet, will become even scarcer during . the next few months, a war food administra tion order indicated today. The government will move in to the market two mqnths earlier than it did last year to get sup plies urgently needed for ship ment overseas for military forces, WFA reported. It ordered that 20 per cent of all creamery butter produced during February and 25 per cent Qf all produced in March be re served for the armed forces. The set-aside last year did not go into effect until April, and then it amounted to only 10 per cent. "With war requirements con tinuing to increase there is little hope of improvement in the butter situation for civilian con sumption," officials said. Pool Hall Fracas Gets Penalty For Ashland Resident Ashland, Jan. 11 John Syl vester Rouhler, 248 Fifth street, arrested by city police Tuesday night for creating a disturbance in the Log Cabin poof hall, was brought before city police court Wednesday morning. He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assaulting a ponce officer. Rouhier plead guilty and on recommendation of Chief of Po lice C. P. Talent was given the maximum penalty of $200 fine, $2.50 court costs and 20 days . in jail. Half of the fine and 10 days of the jail sentence were suspended on condition the rest of the fine be paid, that he never go back to the pool hall from which he was ejected, and that ne pay damages for a coat torn as a result of fighting when he retused to leave the place, TWO ROGUE FIVER MEN LISTED AMONG WOUNDED Rogue River, Jan. 11 Two Rogue River men, Sgt. R. C, Miller and Cpl. Charles (Dick) bkevington, have been wound ed in action in the EuroDean theater, according to telegrams received this week by. members oi tneir families. Sgt. Miller was wounded on Dec. 1 in Luxembourg, a tele gram to his father, Rollin Miller, stated. Mrs. Elton Langworthy, grandmother of Cpl. Skeving- ton, learned by telegram hat he was wounded just before Christmas on the Belgian front No details have been received In either case. Speaking on "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," Lt. Com. Meyer Zeligs, USMC, sta tioned at the marine barracks in Klamath Falls, will be in Medford January 19 to speak at a meeting in the courthouse auditorium sponsored by the Committee for Community Aids to Veterans. The public is in vited to attend. According to committee mem bers. Com. Zeligs will attempt to aid relatives of veterans, and other interested persons, to un derstand the problems faced by men and women returning home to civilian life. "Even, if your family is not personally affect ed, you will want to understand the returning veteran and to share the responsibility, com mon to all Jackson county citi zens, of helping him to readjust to civilian life," the committee points out. Com. Zeligs, a psychiatrist of note, is himself a veteran of the South Pacific campaign. WOMAN CHAPLAIN Salt Lake City, Jan. 11 0J.R) Maud May Babcock has been elected chaplain of the senate, of the 26th Utah legislature, a po sition that has never been held by a woman in Utah and possi bly in the United States. Ernest Kofoed Is Insurance Firm's Man of the Year HEALTH OFFICER; coast Friday, clear elsewhere today, tonight and Friday, ex cept morning fog in the. valley, little change in temperature. Salem, Ore., Jan. 11 U.R) Dr. Harold M.- Ertekson today was acting state health officer after resignation of Dr. Fred erick D. Strieker who, however, will remain in office until the change is convenient. The state health board ac cepted Strieker's resignation, submitted to Gov. Earl Snell, at a meeting here Tuesday, at which it was indicated that Strieker would remain in office for two or three months. Erick son, assistant state health officer, was appointed acting officer. Milk Law Urged Resolutions passed by the board urged that Snell sponsor legislation that would give the state health department power to reeulate milk sanitation and that the department's regulations be binding upon local health de partments and the state depart ment of agriculture. Another resolution proposed that reorganization of the state board of health, asked by the legislative interim committee, be postponed two years. The board reelected all of ficers: Dr. Thomas D. Robertson, The Dalles, president; Dr. D. C. Burkes, Portland, and Dr. L. D. Inskeep, Medford, vice presi dents. Other board members are A. K. Berrnan, Corvallis; Dr. Thompson Coberth, The Dalles; Dr. C. M. Harrison, Portland; Dr. Charles E. Hunt, Eugene, and Dr. N. E. Irvine, Lebanon. EVERETT MAN NAMED WASHINGTON SENATOR Olympia, Wash., Jan. 11 (U.R) Hugh S. Mitchell of Everett was appointed U. S. senator to day to serve out the unexpired term of Mon C. Wallgren, who vacated the post to become governor. Wallgren made the appoint ment as his first official act as governor, shortly after the in auguration. Cllftlng ttma for Sunday Too Late io wiassuy D-au aaiuraay anernoon nease rememoer Thursday, Jan. 11, I94S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBtmE THRE1 TRUCKS FOR RENT Drive Yourself Save Vi Any Distance Frultt'i Moblloll Station Main and Ivy Phone 4145 I "When I sav coffee I mean FOLGERS" Ernest E. Kofoed. of Med ford, made such an outstanding record in 1044 that he was chosen by a special committee of his company as "Man of the Year" of Oregon for the New York Life Insurance company, acccording to a news release from B. M. Downie, agency di rector, of Portland. 'Selection of Man oi tne Year is based on all-around abil ity, especially with reference to the fact that he was top pro ducer, securing nearly one-half million dollars of business dur ing the calendar year. In addi tion, Kofoed was leading club member of the Oregon branch for the year ending July 31, 1944," Downle's statement con tinued. "In the near future the com pany's home office will forward to Mr. Kofoed a special 'Man of the Year plaque. We are happy to be able to make the first announcement and con gratulate Kofoed on this honor, and also congratulate the peo ple of southern Oregon on hav ing such a capable representa tive to serve their life insurance needs," the agency director con cluded. CAVE JUNCTION MILL PROPERTY PURCHASED Grants Pass, Jan. 11 Sale of the Villalr Lumber Co. at Cave Junction, one of the largest con cerns of its kind in Josephine county, to Roseburg and Eugene interests was announced yester day by John Nylund of Rose burg, representative of the purchasers. The new owners are to take immediate possession and will operate under the name of Cave Junction Lumber Co., it was announced. CARD OP THANKS We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their svmDathv and beautiful flowers during our recent Bereavement, wile ana f amily ot Ben Us Mall Tribune Want Ada. Closlni time for Classified Ads ( am Too Lata to Classify 13:30 i m WASHING MACHINES , REPAIRED Parts st Service on All Makes B & B Waiher Shop NOBODY CAN PAY FOR YOUR CAR THAN Automobile Market 6th & Bartlett. Phone 3919 rT w naner prod- f n o qqo.OOO tons of waste I IrU i-1" Jl7 q o Q A How To Prepare Bundles ' f - j J I Ue Twine Not Wire Jackson County's Drive for MM Newspapersi Fold them flat (the way the paper boy sells them) and tie them in bundles about 8 inches high. Corrugated and Card board Boxes and Car tons! Flatten them out in bundles about 8 inches high. Is Now Underway! O EVERYONE can help In this vital war effort ... The need is so critical that every single pound of paper - you can turn in will be needed . . Waste paper is required to make or pack more than 700,000 items used by our troops and fleet abroad from bomb casings to blood . plasma containers. Scour through your home, basement and attic bundle YOUR waste paper in conformance with v this chart. Have it ready for Jackson County School young sters who are patriotically doing this important job. Join them in getting several carloads of precious paper have share In victory! Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed for Critical Military Uses nfluim Htt Him EngBnti Kfw! Help Jackson County Go "vet tlHne TTop1' Magailnes and Booksi Tie them in bundles about 8 Inches high. Wastebasket Paper (Wrappers, ' Envelopes, Etc.li Flatten and pack down in a box or bundle, so that it can be carried. This message published In cooper ation with the Jackson County Salvage Committee by the baker of U BREAD KSW WASTE PAPER FIGHTS It takes 81 tons of supplies per month Just to keep one man overseas. All must be wrapped and packaged la PAPER products. Here are just a few of thou sands of war uses: 650 cartons for Army Field Ration K or 115 boxes, each containing ten 20 mm. shells or 50 75 mm. shell containers.. Other products made from paper Include Air Force emergency packs, vital bomb rings and fins, camouflage paper, fuse parts, gas mask canisters, helmet accessories, airplane wing-tips, blood plasma containers, and in strument panels. Paper is substituting for critical materials. Savings of 215,000,000 pounds of critical metals; 36,000 pounds of pliofilm; 750,000 pounds of glass; 12.000 pounds of rubber; 220.000 pounds of cellophane; and 8,000,000 board feet of lumber, were reported In one year by the industry. Send your waste paper Into the fight! School Children Will Collect Your Paper AND CAKES 40S E. Main Phone 5302
